Traffic Calming Riles Residents
Proposed traffic improvements along Savannah Highway cause concern for some by Bill Davis | News Editor Residents from both the Byrnes Downs and Avondale neighborhoods hammered a county official last month about plans that could improve traffic along Savannah Highway...
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Revisiting St. Andrew’s Parish’s P.O.W. Camps
Headlines from the Sunday Nov. 1, 1942 edition of The News and Courier read “Housing Problem More Acute Here. Need Gaining Faster Than Accommodations-Homes Projects Pressed”. The greater Charleston area experienced a housing crisis during the years surrounding World...
R U Running?
Hundreds of runners, walkers, kid-pushers, and even dogs are expected to take part Saturday morning in the fourth annual Avondale 5K race. First run in 2010, local restaurateur Skipper Condon founded the race in honor of his late brother Stevie, and proceeds will be...
Kimpson Cakewalks into Senate
Marlon Kimpson easily won the Oct. 1 special election to fill Robert Ford’s former state Senate Dist. 42 seat. “Easily” might be an understatement. Kimpson garnered 3,111 or 70 percent of the vote. While political newcomer and Libertarian Alex Thornton only garnered...
Senior Center Debate Getting Old
What was supposed to be an unveiling of sorts last Thursday for a plan for a proposed senior center in West Ashley instead became a rehashing of issues already circling the project. Allen Carroll, the chief executive officer of Roper St. Francis Healthcare, invited a...
Save the Mall
A Facebook page has been created to support the revitalization of Citadel Mall, where voices local and beyond can be heard chiming in on what to do next. Earlier this month, this paper and other media outlets reported that West Ashley’s commercial cornerstone had been...
Troubled Signs
Local firefighters worked hard last Thursday to contain a fire at Robert and Sons Signs Company, the local outfit responsible for West Ashley’s landmark Coburg Cow signage. Just after dusk, the St. Andrews Fire Department, aided by other local safety personnel,...
Green Wave Too Much For Wildcats
West Ashley High School (WAHS) dropped its first loss of the season to neighboring Summerville High School on the road last friday night 35-14. Both teams are now 4-1 on the season. WAHS started the game with electric excitement as Senior Anthony Dobbins returned the...
Built to Last
West Ashley residents Sharon and R.C. Foster have weathered many storms, demonstrate solidarity as a couple, and are one of the strongest Mom ’n Pop business leaders in the Charleston area. They own a PostNet franchise in West Ashley, where they are known for their...
Three’s A Crowd
It will be a three-way race to replace Robert Ford as the state senator representing Dist. 42, with two major party candidates and one Libertarian, in the Oct. 1 special election. A Democrat and Civil Rights veteran who served in the state Senate since 1993, Ford...
Antique “Gasolier” Lights Installed at Magnolia
Eight antique light fixtures have been installed in Magnolia Gardens’ main house as part of a continuing effort to return the nine-room mansion to the style when the house was the scene of lavish parties before the Charleston Renaissance. Seven of the fixtures are...
